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Audio Briefs brings you CSIS publications in audio form. Listen to short, spoken-word summaries from CSIS experts about their latest reports, or hear a full audio version of any CSIS commentary. Produced by Marla Hiller and Lauren Adler

4D AGO

The Regional Reverberations of the U.S. and Israeli Strikes on Iran

An audio version of “The Regional Reverberations of the U.S. and Israeli Strikes on Iran,” a new Critical Questions by CSIS’s Mona Yacoubian. This audio was generated with text-to-speech by Eleven Labs.

9 min
5D AGO

Operation Epic Fury and the Remnants of Iran’s Nuclear Program

An audio version of "Operation Epic Fury and the Remnants of Iran’s Nuclear Program," a new Critical Questions by CSIS's Joseph Rodgers and Bailey Schiff. This audio was generated with text-to-speech by Eleven Labs.

13 min
6D AGO

How Would Iran Respond to a U.S. Attack?

An audio version of "How Would Iran Respond to a U.S. Attack?," a new Critical Questions by CSIS's Benjamin Jensen. This audio was generated with text-to-speech by Eleven Labs.

12 min
FEB 23

The Supreme Court’s IEEPA Tariff Ruling and What Comes Next

An audio version of "The Supreme Court’s IEEPA Tariff Ruling and What Comes Next," a new Commentary by CSIS's William Alan Reinsch. This audio was generated with text-to-speech by Eleven Labs.

6 min
FEB 20

State of Play: The Global Impact of the SCOTUS Decision on IEEPA Tariffs

An audio version of “State of Play: The Global Impact of the SCOTUS Decision on IEEPA Tariffs,” a new Commentary by CSIS’s Victor Cha, Nicholas Szechenyi, Oge Onubogu, Christopher Hernandez-Roy, Charles Edel, Scott Kennedy, Ilaria Mazzocco, Henrietta Levin, Bonny Lin, Federico Steinberg, Richard M. Rossow, Kristi Govella, Mona Yacoubian, and Gregory B. Poling. This audio was generated with text-to-speech by Eleven Labs.

25 min
FEB 20

U.S. Military in the Middle East: Numbers Behind Trump’s Threats Against Iran

An audio version of “U.S. Military in the Middle East: Numbers Behind Trump’s Threats Against Iran,” a new Commentary by CSIS’s Mark F. Cancian and Chris H. Park. This audio was generated with text-to-speech by Eleven Labs.

9 min
FEB 18

If Trump Strikes Iran: Mapping the Oil Disruption Scenarios

"If Trump Strikes Iran: Mapping the Oil Disruption Scenarios," a new Commentary by CSIS's Clayton Seigle. This audio was generated with text-to-speech by Eleven Labs.

14 min
FEB 11

“How Russia Is Reshaping Command and Control for AI-Enabled Warfare”: Audio Brief with Kate Bondar

A short, spoken-word summary from CSIS’s Kate Bondar on her white paper, "How Russia Is Reshaping Command and Control for AI-Enabled Warfare."

3 min

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Fire Hose

10/02/2025

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I had initially liked this quite a bit, but it has since turned into the CSIS fire hose that has just blasted exactly 30 new episodes into my feed all at once, and that seems to now be the new pattern. I was already pressed for how to spend my podcast time and it’s easier to just unsubscribe than to sift through all of these to try and guess what matters. Are they thinking about any of this from the end user’s perspective, or are they just dumping a bunch of copy into the 11 Labs software and firing the result out of a podcast cannon in the hope that whoever wants it will eventually find it? It’s very clear from the fire hose of episodes that CSIS needs a podcast for their defense programs to curate and handle a lot of this content.

Audio Briefs brings you CSIS publications in audio form. Listen to short, spoken-word summaries from CSIS experts about their latest reports, or hear a full audio version of any CSIS commentary. Produced by Marla Hiller and Lauren Adler